Actual gameplay
Incremental
Orrery idle
Keeps turning while away
Clockwork Sky
Wind the sky, then line up the planets
Six planets turn around a star inside a brass instrument. Each one pays light when it comes round, and when several line up with the star they pay far more. Tap the sky to wind the clockwork and everything turns twice as fast. The gears decide how often each ring turns, so the real game is picking gears that fit together, zeroing the sky at the right moment, and keeping the mainspring from straining.
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Runs in your browser · no install · works on phones
How to play
- 1Tap or hold the sky to wind it. Planets pay light every time they come round.
- 2Set planets on new rings, polish them, and choose each ring's gear. Gears that fit together, like 1:1, 2:1 and 4:1, line up again and again.
- 3Zero the sky to bring every planet back into step, then watch the track for the next big line-up.
What's in it
- Six rings, ten gears and a mainspring that slows the whole sky if you load it too heavily
- Line-ups of two to seven planets, forecast on a track a minute ahead
- Comets to catch for ice, and moons that the ice buys
- A star chart of 23 stars across five constellations, lit with aether
- Six kinds of star to light, from a steady yellow star to a pulsar and a dark star, each with its own rules
- A logbook of 24 observations, each worth 3% more light for good